Question

Which factors contributed to commercial prosperity of the Central Islamic land?

Answer 1

Following factors contributed to the commercial prosperity of the Central Islamic land:

• Islamic land was politically unified as a result of increasing urbanization.
• This land was spread between the trading zones of the Indian oceans and Mediterranean.
• Increasing flow of pilgrims to Mecca was also considered as an important factor.
• Towns such as Baghdad and Damascus developed as warehouse centers for local consumption or onward transmission of high value goods such as textiles, gunpowder, spices, porcelain shipped from India to China to Bed Sea and Gulf parts of Siraf and Basra.